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Impact evaluation: Challenging the overuse of imprisonment in Georgia

Between June 2010 and June 2013, PRI’s South Caucasus office implemented a three-year programme, funded by the Open Society Foundations, to address the overuse of imprisonment in Georgia and to reduce chronic overcrowding in Georgian prisons. Over the project period, the prison population of Georgia fell by 60% from 23,114 prisoners in 2010 to only 9,185 in […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Podcast: Prisons – state duty or market opportunity?

Rob Allen, co-author of a recent World Bank paper on Public-Private Partnerships in Prison Construction and Management (2013), surveys the arguments and existing evidence in favour of and against the involvement of private companies in prison services. Introduced by PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber. This is the first in a series of expert blogs PRI […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Definition of ‘torture’ and the issue of appropriate sanctions in the legislation of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

(Определение понятия «пытки» и соответствующее наказание в законодательстве Казахстана, Кыргызстана и Таджикистана) This Factsheet analyses the definition of the offence of torture, its application, scope and penalties, in the legislation of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and assesses compliance with international human rights standards. This paper has been produced under the project Humanisation of the criminal justice systems of Kyrgyzstan and […]

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

Analysis of legislation on prevention of violence against children in Central Asia

(Анализ законодательства по предотвращению насилия против детей в Центральной Азии) This Factsheet outlines current safeguards in the legislation of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for the prevention of violence against children in detention, identifies gaps and makes recommendations for improvement. This paper has been produced under the project Humanisation of the criminal justice systems of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan through establishing […]

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

The use and practice of imprisonment: current trends and future challenges

Updated May 2014! First presented in April 2013 to the 22nd Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna and updated for the Crime Commission in May 2014, this discussion paper The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges looks at current trends in prison populations, the use of new […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Is a prison sentence always the solution?

A short animated film from PRI, looking at the damaging impact of the unnecessary use of imprisonment around the world and making the case for greater use of non-custodial measures. Other languages: Español, French, Русский, العربية, ქართული, Հայերեն

Languages: English

Briefing

Fighting for clients’ lives: the impact of the death penalty on defence lawyers

How are lawyers affected by defending death penalty cases, where failure means execution? And how do they respond when their clients are killed? This briefing paper, written by Susannah Sheffer and drawing on her book Fighting for their lives, showcases the voices of the lawyers themselves to demonstrate the profound and long-lasting impacts that the […]

Languages: Arabic, English, Russian

External Resource

Death penalty: key external resources

For a selection of recommended international resources on the abolition of the death penalty and humane alternative sanctions, see below. International Commission against the Death Penalty, How states abolish the death penalty, 2013 Amnesty International, Death sentences and executions, 2013 International Commission against the Death Penalty, The death penalty and the “most serious crimes”: A […]

Languages: English